FROM THE HUNT SABOTEURS - ABOUT THE BAN ON TRAIL HUNTING

View this email in your browser Hi, Supporter FIVE WEEKS TO GO – CHRIS PACKHAM URGES YOU TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL HUNTING CONSULTATION! Last Saturday, Hunt Sabs were out in force in Central London, joining hundreds of others to hear Chris Packham urge the government to get on with the ban on so-called trail hunting. Chris and friends urge you to complete the consultation! Describing the practice as “hideous and sociopathic” Chris said: “I’m now 65-years old, and I cannot believe that I’m standing here, and this is still going on. We elected a government with a massive majority and a manifesto pledge to stop fox hunting. But two years into that term of government, and nothing has happened.” Hunt sabs flags dominated the skyline. Before Chris, the crowd heard from several other speakers. First up were the Badger Trust who reminded the crowd that badgers are often the ‘forgotten victims’ of fox hunting – frequently being buried alive when hunt terriermen block their setts to deprive hunted foxes of a refuge. An impressive line-up of speakers. Next up a speaker outlined West Mids Hunt Sabs incredibly successful campaign against the Warwickshire Hunt – sabbing every meet and exposing corruption at the highest level of Warwickshire police. She was followed by long-time friend of the HSA, actor Peter Egan, who was moved to tears as he recounted the horrors inflicted on animals by trophy hunters and fox hunters. Hunt sabs make their feelings known at Parliament. Peter was followed by the great Megan McCubbin. Megan spoke about ‘Operation Smokescreen’ where her and Chris have bravely live streamed from several hunts. Megan spoke about the many stresses involved and praised the efforts of hunt sabs who attend hunts week-in, week out. Mendip Hunt Sabs banner says it all. All of the speakers were united in their message: the consultation is the best chance we will ever have to get rid of the smokescreen of trail hunting and make the Hunting Act fit for purpose. Thank you to the League Against Cruel Sports for organising the rally. Please make YOUR voice heard and fill in the consultation today! Read the HSA’s consultation guidelines Join the Hunt Saboteurs Association! Support our vital work by becoming a member. Join The HSA Spread the word! Please share our news Share via email Facebook icon Instagram icon Twitter icon Logo Copyright (C) 2026 Hunt Saboteurs Association. All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Hunt Saboteurs Association. Our mailing address is: BM HSA, London, WC1N 3XX, U.K. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CAN YOU HELP THEM TO TAKE GOVERNMENT TO COURT

View in browser Dear John, The effects of climate breakdown are worsening. Extreme weather events are become more frequent and more severe. Yet the government's plans to protect us have consistently fallen critically short. Without necessary measures in place to protect our lives and livelihoods, few of us will escape the consequences. And for some, the effects are already devastating. That's why with your help we're taking the government to court again over its inadequate plan to prepare and protect the UK. We’re determined to succeed. Our record of legal wins shows we have the expertise to win in court and change the future. We just need your help. I'LL DONATE TO MAKE HISTORY We're challenging the government alongside Kevin Jordan and Doug Paulley – two people already directly affected by climate breakdown. This case at the European Court of Human Rights is the first of its kind. And if we win it could be a real turning point both for the climate crisis and for human rights. Climate breakdown isn't going away. Eventually it will affect you and me, if it hasn't already. We must act now before it's too late. Please support our demand for better protection from climate catastrophe. Donate today and join us as we fight for a safer, greener, fairer world. I'LL DONATE TO MAKE HISTORY With passion and solidarity, Niall, Senior Lawyer, Friends of the Earth About us Supporter promise Privacy policy Contact us DONATE This email was sent to spanishjohnedwards@gmail.com Want to change how you receive these emails? Unsubscribe from this list We send communications to our supporters who have opted in to receive emails from us. Friends of the Earth Limited. Reg. No. 01012357. Incorporated in England and Wales. Registered office: Friends of the Earth The Printworks 139 Clapham Road London, SW9 0HP United Kingdom Copyright © Friends of the Earth Limited

PROTECT THE WILD - THEIR FIRST EDITION OF ‘EYE ON THE WILD’ - TROPHY HUNTING NOT BANNED

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Govt u-turns over ban on trophy hunting imports Eye on the Wild - #1 TOM ANDERSON MAY 12 READ IN APP Welcome to the first edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. Each week, we’ll share important news, updates, and stories from across the UK, including issues, species, and campaigns that may not always make the headlines. We’ll also highlight ways you can help and take action for wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk Killing for kicks: the British trophy hunters that Labour won’t stop Via Ban Trophy Hunting/Screenshot. Sign the petition now In recent days the UK mainstream media has revealed the faces behind Britain’s trophy hunting industry - ordinary people from the UK who travel abroad to shoot some of the world’s rarest animals for fun, then bring the body parts home as macabre momentoes. The Mirror reported that Labour has shelved its manifesto promise after pressure from the Trump administration. The UK government has issued 28 import licenses in the last month, including for hippopotamuses, african elephants, brown and black bears as well as lions, giraffes and Nile crocodiles. Giraffes, it turns out, are Britain’s most hunted trophy animal. Gentle, vulnerable and defenceless animals shot so their bones and skins can gather dust in British living rooms. Many species of giraffe are classified as endangered. The Guardian recently published an opinion piece stating that a ban on trophy imports is long overdue, highlighting one Sussex man who casually described shooting a critically endangered black rhinoceros, as well as lions and elephants as “like mainlining on heroin.” That this behaviour is accepted in 2026 is a national embarrassment. Labour promised a ban on hunting trophy imports in its 2024 manifesto. It has now confirmed there is no date set for delivery. Nine out of ten British voters support the ban. The Commons voted unanimously for it. The only thing standing between giraffes and British hunters is political cowardice. Sign the petition now Sign Protect the Wild’s petition calling for the government to keep its manifesto commitment and ban trophy imports. Don’t be fooled by Reform UK’s greenwash A photographer lets Nigel Farage know what they think of him. The Reform Leader was on his way to a Boxing Day parade to promote foxhunting. Leicestershire’s far-right Reform UK-led council has voted to explore reintroducing wild beavers as a natural flood defence - a genuinely welcome move. Beavers are wonderful creatures and remarkable ecosystem engineers whose dams slow water flow, restore wetlands and boost biodiversity. But let’s be clear about what Reform UK actually stands for when it comes to wildlife. This is a party that has pledged to protect “country sports” - a cynical euphemism for hunting, shooting. Its leader, Nigel Farage is an open supporter of fox hunting who has dismissed Labour’s trail hunting consultation as “authoritarian”. Farage doesn’t believe fox hunting is cruel. That tells you everything you need to know. Reform UK is not a party of wildlife defenders. A party that would unleash hunts on foxes, hares and deer while cheering from the sidelines cannot credibly claim to care about nature. We won’t be fooled - and neither should you. What’s more, the party plans to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline. Reform UK has been looking to secure more votes by giving a nod to caring about the planet. In fact, Farage has been in discussions with ecologist and Conservative Environment Network co-founder Ben Goldsmith about advising the party on their environmental policies. Goldsmith’s proposed involvement could be the beginning of an attempt to greenwash Reform UK, but his advice has been rejected by others within the party. At Protect the Wild we stand with many other wildlife defenders in opposing Reform, we won’t fall for their greenwashing. Gloucestershire named worst county for illegal hunting The Beaufort Hunt, courtesy of Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs. Gloucestershire has been identified as the worst county in England and Wales for illegal fox hunting and hunt-related havoc, with 75 incidents recorded in the last hunting ‘season’, according to the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS). It’s no coincidence that the worst counties - Dorset, Somerset, Yorkshire and Cheshire - are largely the same areas where hunts have been most active, operating with impunity for decades. Three of the five are in the West Country, a region that is also home to England’s three remaining staghound packs and some of its most notorious fox hunts. More than half of LACS’ recorded incidents were in the West Country. Check out Protect the Wild’s data on the worst UK hunts according to numbers of animals chased or killed and numbers of members of the public attacked here. None of this will surprise anyone who has been following our coverage of Gloucestershire’s hunts. The county is home to some of the most lawless packs in the country. The Beaufort Hunt - whose kennels are in Badminton - is among the worst offenders. A 2021 undercover investigation, supported by Protect the Wild, caught the hunt on camera shooting four of its own hounds dead. More recently, the Beaufort was issued with a Community Resolution by Wiltshire Police after its hounds ran out of control in front of a police officer. As we’ve been saying for years, we need a comprehensive ban to protect UK wildlife. There is just five weeks left to fill out the government consultation on banning ‘trail hunting’, which closes on 18 June. Protect the Wild has published guidance for people submitting their answers. Make sure you have your say! Click here to donate to Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs. Good news! First beaver sighting reported in Hampshire Via Ella Sachot on Unsplash. Nature’s engineers are on the move. Beavers have been spotted at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve in Hampshire for the first time, with footage captured by a local visitor showing two animals interacting in the water. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust confirmed the sighting, describing the reserve’s rich wetlands and waterways as ideal habitats. The sighting comes after Natural England released wild beavers at two new sites in South West England earlier this year, building on last year’s landmark licensed release in Dorset. Hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago, beavers are a keystone species whose dam building conserves water, protects against drought, creates wetlands, slows floodwaters, improves water quality and boosts biodiversity across entire ecosystems. Their return is not just good news. It is essential. Wild landscapes need wild architects, and after centuries of absence, beavers are finally coming home. Wild and free: Deer on Liverpool’s Crosby Beach Screenshot from video posted by Joe Walsh/Liverpool Echo. Deer have been spotted frolicking on Crosby Beach. It is a joyful, unexpected sight, and a reminder that our wildlife is resourceful and knows no boundaries.. Yet not everyone is celebrating. Media coverage has increasingly framed Britain’s two million deer as a crisis, pointing to woodland damage, road collisions and calls for greater culling. The scapegoated deer, it seems, are becoming a problem to be solved. No one ever points out that the intersecting environmental crises we are facing are being caused by capitalist industrialisation, not by non-human animal species. At Protect the Wild we are more than aware that the first impulse of the authorities in non-human species ‘management’ is to reach for the rifle. But we should not be looking towards more culling. Britain’s deer population has grown precisely because we have systematically removed the predators that once kept it in balance. Wolves and lynx were hunted to extinction here centuries ago. Their absence is the real crisis. If management is genuinely necessary in some areas, the conversation must be centred on non-lethal options: contraception programmes have been shown to be viable, and the reintroduction of apex predators such as wolves or lynx would restore the natural regulation our ecosystems are crying out for. Academics have also promoted the reintroduction of wolves as a way to counteract climate change because it would enable the regeneration of woodland and thus the storage of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). The deer on Crosby Beach are not a problem. They are a glimpse of a wilder Britain, and we should be fighting to protect it. Read more about the debate around the reintroduction of apex predators. Become a monthly supporter of Protect the Wild We’re working around the clock for British wildlife - and doing it on a shoestring budget. We don’t rely on major grants or corporate funding. Instead, our work is powered by thousands of passionate supporters, and that’s exactly how we want it to stay. Because it means we stay independent. It means we can move quickly, speak honestly, challenge powerful interests, take risks, and do what truly needs to be done for British wildlife. If you’d like to support our work and help us keep fighting, please consider becoming a monthly supporter here. Donate to Protect the Wild SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

THE REWILDING INSTITUTE - IT’S WORTH.A READ

REWILDING EARTH JOURNAL | May 8, 2026 Photo by Kenyon Fields Rewilding Isn’t About Saving Nature. It’s About Letting Go of Control Rewilding is often mischaracterized as nostalgia — a sentimental longing for some imagined pre-human wilderness, or a technical conservation strategy dressed up in romance. That framing misses what rewilding actually disrupts. Rewilding isn’t a return. It’s a refusal. A refusal of the extraction-first worldview that treats land as inert matter, animals as units of production, and ecosystems as systems that must be optimized, managed, or corrected. Rewilding asks us to reconsider the stories we’ve inherited about land, ownership, and human centrality. The emphasis on cores, corridors, carnivores, compassion, and coexistence isn’t a checklist or a branding exercise — it’s a challenge to the deeper cultural logic that produced ecological collapse in the first place. And for those looking to engage, rewilding offers tangible entry points. READ MORE Photo by Mariano Rodriguez Chile’s Vast Kelp Forests Promise Climate Refuge, with a Warning An interdisciplinary team led by Rewilding Chile has completed the first phase of the Patagonia Megatransect — an ambitious, multi-stage underwater journey spanning 745 miles from the Gulf of Corcovado to Cape Horn. The project documents one of the planet’s largest intact kelp forests and uses advanced technology to advocate for their protection. The expedition ventures into a little-known ecosystem of monumental scale: the forests of Macrocystis pyrifera, giant kelp that reach lengths up to 260 feet. One of Earth’s most efficient natural carbon sinks, giant kelp are able to absorb up to 20 times the amount of carbon as forests on land. By measuring their precise capacity, the new data could position Chile as a leading planetary reservoir of blue carbon. READ MORE Photo by Kenyon Fields LISTEN / WATCH Laiken Jordahl on the battle for Big Bend (Rewilding Earth podcast) Wild beyond borders with Kris Tompkins (The Explorers Club) TAKE ACTION Stop attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Wilderness Society) READ A time to rally: When Ted Turner gave Jacques Cousteau an end-of-life pep talk (Yellowstonian) Voyageurs Wolf Project captures first evidence in a century of cougars reproducing in Minnesota (WDIO News) Trump administration moves to push bison off Montana land (USA Today) The strange reason why wildlife agencies want Americans to buy more guns (Vox) Immaculate wilderness, uncertain future: Paddling the Boundary Waters (New York Times) UPCOMING DONATE NOW GET INVOLVED WITH REWILDING This is a place for writers and photographers to share your work and reach a wide audience of committed rewilders. Check out our Rewilding Earth Submission Guidelines. For more ways to become involved, contact us at volunteer@rewilding.org. SUBSCRIBE Facebook icon Instagram icon Spotify icon YouTube icon Adirondack Park and bighorn photos by Kenyon Fields, giant kelp by Mariano Rodriguez View email in browser REWILDING INSTITUTE, PO BOX 13768, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87192 update your preferences or unsubscribe

SWIFT NESTING SITE ‘BLOCKED’ BY A PIPE. IS THIS REALLY REAL?

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more URGENT: Help save a Swift nesting site PROTECT THE WILD MAY 12 READ IN APP A long-established swift nesting site is at risk and we urgently need your help. At the Pound Road (Banstead) swift colony, a newly installed flue pipe has been positioned directly in front of an active swift nesting entrance, blocking access to a site these incredible birds have reportedly used successfully for many years. This issue was identified and raised by the brilliant local conservation group Banstead Swifts, whose dedicated volunteers have worked tirelessly to monitor, protect, and advocate for swifts in the area. Without groups like Banstead Swifts, many nesting sites - and the birds that depend on them —- would simply go unnoticed and unprotected. Swifts are one of Britain’s fastest declining birds. They travel thousands of miles from Africa every year to return to the exact same nesting sites - only to increasingly find them gone, blocked, or destroyed. The loss of nesting spaces is one of the main reasons their populations are collapsing across the UK. And now it is happening again. Banstead Swifts said on Sunday they saw a Swift collide with the pipe, fall, then return and try to access the nest between the pipe and brickwork. They’ve seen no nest entries since. What makes this especially frustrating is that this situation appears entirely avoidable. The flue pipe could reportedly be repositioned relatively easily, restoring access to the nest and protecting this important breeding site. Sign the petition We are urging Raven Housing Trust to act immediately and demonstrate genuine commitment to wildlife protection and biodiversity by moving the flue pipe before this nesting site is lost. Please take a moment to sign our petition to Raven Housing Trust politely and respectfully asking them to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Every nesting site matters. Every pair matters. And if we continue allowing sites like this to disappear, we will continue watching swifts vanish from our skies. Thank you for standing up for swifts. Sign the petition SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

RIGHT TO ROAM - THE RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS WERE LANDOWNERS DON’T WANT YOU TO GO

WHY WON'T YOU PAY! Dear Roamers, The reviews are in, and OUR LAND is proving a hit, with packed-out screenings and an extensive national release. The film has launched to a flurry of media interest. Channel 4 produced this report covering the film and the recent Kinder mass swim trespass. Meanwhile, a short clip featuring Guy’s, um, ‘interesting’ encounter with aristocratic landowner Francis Fulford has found one and a half million eyeballs and counting. “WHY WON’T YOU PAY” jabs Francis, who seems to believe every countryside walk should start with a BACS transfer to the landed elite. (How much did you pay, Francis?) The Guardian published this feature on the film and delivered a strong four-star review, hailing the “simple, reasonable aim” of the campaign: that England and Wales should follow Scotland in introducing a proper right to roam. Little White Lies gave four stars too, describing the film as "superb" and noting that while it "takes great pains to give both sides of the debate an equal platform” it is nonetheless “clear what side is the one of rational common sense, empathy and creativity”. We quite agree… Time Out found the campaign made its point with “passion and clarity”… but didn’t think much of our fireside singing (fair enough – three stars). The Islington Tribune / Camden New Journal also gave a four-star verdict, describing the film as “excellent” and a “careful polemic”. They found sympathy with the idea “that England should adopt the same laws as Scotland, where land ownership doesn’t mean you can ban people from responsibly accessing it”. The Conversation doesn’t indulge in star ratings, but reflected that “many of the featured landowners and access campaigners agree on the artificial nature of landownership, their individual powerlessness to effect change and on the social and legal constructs that trap us all in an uncomfortable standoff.” We’re not so sure about the powerless bit! You can check the full list of screenings and dates on the distributor’s website here. More are added every week. Please continue sharing the trailer with friends and family to help us reach as wide an audience as possible. And if your local cinema isn’t showing the film, drop them a line and ask why! Politics being what it is, there's no better time to spend an hour and a half in a dark room gazing at a slow-mo advert for a free countryside, while Nadia riffs on justice and belonging in mellifluous Geordie tones. Political turmoil. Again. It won’t have escaped you that the UK government has entered yet another phase of turmoil. All other issues aside, for campaigns like ours, such moments bring upsides and downsides. Downside: the more the government is embroiled in drama, the less attention it gives to the things we care about. Leadership contests, even where the leader survives, trigger reshuffles, which means any work building relationships with ministerial teams is undone. Upside: the government has so far been disappointing on access. It’s possible a change of guard could produce a more engaged set of ministers who are willing to drive the access agenda forward. It remains the case that access reform is popular, affordable, easy to implement, and strongly within the tradition of the Labour party. The greater the need to mash a giant button labelled RESET within the current fiscal and political constraints, the more sweet the sound of the piper may be… Campaign funds We have a favour to ask. We try to avoid coming cap in hand to supporters too often. We know finances are strained and many causes are asking for help. However, if you can afford to donate a fiver a month to the campaign (or whatever is affordable for you) to keep us going we’d be grateful. Around a quarter of the funds we need to continue our current work haven’t materialised this year and we’re working out how to plug the gap. We’re a lean machine, currently sharing around two and half full-time salaries across six members of the team. With that level of resource, we think we do a good job punching above our weight! A few hundred more supporters will help supercharge our work during a crucial year before the King’s Speech in 2027 – which may well be our final shot this parliamentary term. Quick explainer here on how we spend our resources. We’ll continue to keep you updated with our honest assessment of the prospects for achieving concrete political change. The garlic may be on the turn. But the orchids are still to come. Keep roaming, Jon, on behalf of the Right to Roam team ---------- Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. Want to get involved? Visit our website here. This campaign is made possible through small monthly donations from supporters like you. We are currently relying on only 500 monthly subscribers. Without growing that number, our work is at risk. Can you help keep us going by becoming a monthly subscriber? £5 / Month £10 / Month £15 / Month £20 / Month OUR LAND has officially launched nationwide this week. Take Action Visit our social accounts Check out our site This email was sent from this site. If you no longer wish to receive this email, change your email preferences here.

PROTECT THE WILD - GIANT ROB POWNALL’S GANNET GRABS THE HEADLINES IN SCOTTISH POLITICS

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more We Didn’t Win the Election - But We Changed the Conversation How a giant Gannet running for parliament forced Scotland to talk about the Guga hunt. DEVON DOCHERTY MAY 9 READ IN APP Yesterday, we lost the election. But we won the moment. Because as millions of eyes across the country watched the results being announced, they saw a massive Gannet seabird on stage, unfurling a placard that read “END THE GUGA HUNT.” A few months ago, the idea sounded ridiculous. Run for Scottish Parliament dressed as a giant Gannet? But sometimes the only way to force people to confront an uncomfortable truth is to make it impossible to ignore. And that’s exactly what we did. Over the course of this election campaign, our founder Rob stood as an independent candidate in Edinburgh Central - the seat of power in Scotland, home to the Scottish Parliament itself to demand an end to the Guga hunt. If you didn’t know already, the Guga hunt is an annual tradition where ten men travel to the remote island of Sula Sgeir in northern Scotland, take baby gannets from their nests and bludgeon them to death for a local delicacy. Hundreds of years ago, this practice began as a matter of survival in times of food scarcity. Today, it survives only because of tradition - protected by a special exemption buried within Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. A single sentence in law which we are determined to change. Out of the shadows, and into the headlines Only a few months ago, it felt like hardly anyone knew that the Guga hunt was happening in Scotland. But our elections campaign has received widespread media coverage that has propelled it into the spotlight. From the original articles announcing that a man dressed as a giant seabird was running for parliament, to coverage of our attempted gatecrash of the Scottish Tory manifesto launch (apparently they weren’t interested in our “Ganifesto”) and then Have I Got News For You featured us on a segment, putting the campaign in front of over four million average viewers. We then made headlines again as Scots “flocked to the polls” on elections day, including front page coverage in the Edinburgh news. Then came the moment we had been waiting for. As millions watched the election results coming in live, they saw a Gannet standing on stage unfurling a placard reading: END THE GUGA HUNT. That message was broadcast on BBC News at Six. It appeared again on BBC News at Ten and also a ITV News at Ten. It was seen by millions of people across the UK and beyond. And the next morning, it was splashed across newspapers, websites and social media pages all around the country. To be honest, there’s now almost too much media coverage to keep track of. But perhaps the most extraordinary part was how perfectly everything aligned. Edinburgh Central became one of the most closely watched seats in Scotland after SNP veteran Angus Robertson lost his seat to Scottish Greens candidate Lorna Slater - making history as the first Scottish Greens MSP ever to win a constituency seat. And because candidates stand alphabetically on stage, Rob - whose surname begins with “P” - ended up positioned directly beside them both, which meant when the placard came out, it was directly in frame at the centre of one of the biggest moments of the night. This campaign was never about getting votes. It was about putting the Guga hunt into the public eye and onto the political agenda. And we believe we’ve achieved that. We’re delighted that Lorna Slater won the seat, with the Scottish Greens currently the only mainstream political party to have publicly committed to ending the Guga hunt. We hope to work with Lorna and other MSPs on this issue in the coming months. The public is paying attention Since yesterday’s coverage, Google searches for “End the Guga Hunt” have surged. Our petition calling on NatureScot not to issue this year’s licence is climbing rapidly - now surpassing 166,000 signatures and continuing to grow. SIGN THE PETITION A campaign with a tiny budget and only two people working on it managed to put a centuries-old hunt onto front pages, prime-time television, and in front of a nation’s eyes. What’s next? The election may be over, but the real work starts now. The new Scottish Parliament has formed, and we’ll soon be meeting with MSPs and stepping up direct political campaigning to put an end to this outdated activity once and for all. Our ask is clear: Remove the exemption from the Wildlife and Countryside Act that allows the Guga hunt to continue. The government petition to end the Guga hunt received more than 100,000 signatures and is expected to be revisited by parliament shortly. Combined with the growing national attention around the issue, we’re entering this next phase with real momentum. We’ll also continue scrutinising NatureScot and pushing them not to issue this year’s licence in light of the evidence and overwhelming public concern. The truth is this: We are closer than we’ve ever been to ending the Guga hunt, but without more people powering this fight, we cannot finish it. That’s why today we’re asking for your help. Adopt a Gannet! Become a monthly supporter of Protect the Wild and power the fight to end the Guga hunt. You can also choose to make a one-off donation. ADOPT A GANNET As a thank you, we'll send you a Gannet plush toy - a small, soft reminder of a bird worth fighting for. We’re not sure how many we will stock - so don't wait around! 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